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That's the thing about a ban on something like martial arts, it's incredibly hard to carry out. There is just too much area to cover. Too many people.

4/19 5 mile run pull ups push ups squats: 5x5 315

4/18 3 mile run pull ups burpees flutter kicks plyo jumps

There's another quote from a country song, "Jesus may forgive, but a daddy don't forget." That one might be on her parents mind. As far as the whole marriage thing in general, don't worry about it. You're young. You say you go to church, then sometimes you have to have a little bit of faith. Don't force things.

In a way yeah, except the liquid is inside the egg, and the egg acts like the bowl.

To quote my TKD coach, "Balut is an aborted duck fetus." It's a partially developed duck embryo that is boiled before it hatches. A lot of people drink the fluid and then eat the bird. It's feathers, beak, and bones aren't full formed, so you just eat the whole thing. It actually has a kind of interesting flavor. It's in the same category as what you mentioned, but it isn't fermented, therefore doesn't have the same kind of stink.

Nope, or else Balut would have been on the food scene a long time ago. Anything that's extremely off-putting to an overwhelming majority of the population will never become the next big food craze. People who love to eat strange and unique foods will try them, but outside that small group of people, of which I am one, it won't get much publicity.

It might be better to just donate it to your school then. Depending on its state and what kind of gear it is, it could be difficult to move on Ebay.

Martial arts can be used for many different things. Some people believe that self-defense is the number one priority, but if more people were honest about the martial arts school they go to, that simply isn't the case. I would say a good number of people use martial arts as a form of exercise, and others use it to give their children more discipline. In light of the kidney concerns, I would use martial arts for fitness and overall health rather than self-defense. He could do something like taichi, which incorporates specific breathing patterns and is done, at many schools, as a forms only pursuit. Any martial arts instructor should be able to work around your son's problem though.

To that, I'll say so? How many practice? That's like saying that everyone who does Wing Chun will end up like Yip Man or everyone who does Kyokushin will end up like Mas Oyama. Tatsuo Shimabuku could drive nails into railroad ties, but I don't think many people that do Isshin-ryu Karate can do that. I've seen GM Park Dong Keun break river bedrock with his hand, but not all TKD player would even think about doing that. Everyone misses the point of those people's feats. It isn't that what they do is so much greater than what everyone else does, it's that they work so much harder than everyone else is willing to work. They trained and they trained hard. I would bet that if someone trained their index finger like it was their job, they could do what these people do with zero martial arts experience. Look at the guy that does push ups on machete blades. Point is, pick something, train hard, don't worry about what it is as long as it fits you.

Iron palm training relies on a lot of stuff people don't take into account. Number one is time. It's done over an extremely long period of time. Years, not months. They also use a lot of ointments and healing herbs. Not to say they all work, but it's part of the process. You would need serious tutelage by someone who is well-versed in Iron Palm, and still, you could end up with damaged hands. Individual biology probably has a lot to do with what will and won't destroy your body. I'm not sure if I'm willing to take that chance. You've got a lot of people with a lot of experience on here telling you to just let it be and modernize your training. Might be wise to heed the advice.

The answer is still exactly the same as the other post about this. Instead of wasting your money by going to a temple, just go to China, hang out in a few different cities, find a few different local places and train there. Be a tourist, have fun, take part in the park scene, learn a lot of stuff. Don't go to a temple, where you'll be stuck the entire time, because they'll teach you exactly the same thing you'll learn anywhere else in China. You need to read a lot more about the history of modern Chinese martial arts. They were basically wiped out on the mainland after the Communists took over.

Thursday: 5 mile run Taught 4 10-year-olds how to play basketball. That's more work than it sounds like haha.

So, you're better at the stuff in TKD that Kungfu covers and the stuff in Kungfu that TKD covers. There is no iron body in TKD, and many, many kung fu schools focus on forms and iron body, but not athletic conditioning the way TKD does. That's especially true if it's a WTF TKD school, because they do a ton of cardio for their 3 3-minute round system. Shouldn't you expect that to happen if you're training in both?

Did you have any particular focus on the bagwork? Hands, feet, certain combinations? Or just working the bag to work it? I usually try to work sparring combinations. 2-3 punch combinations with follow up short range to long range kicks. Most of my bag training is knockdown-rules focused, so a lot more punching and short range kicking. If I have a kick that's a bit rusty, I make sure to work it in. Although, by round 3, it's usually hard to concentrate, because I do this at the very end of my workout.